Monday, November 3, 2008

The latest recall notice, issued by Mars Petcare last week, prompted a question from a reader, who asked "How many recalls have there been as a result of Salmonella-contaminated pet food and treats, and is the Mars Petcare record exceptional?"

To answer this question, we've trolled through 10 years of FDA recall notices and 6 years of CFIA (Canadian) recall notices – everything available in the on-line recall archives for both countries. Following is a list, sorted in ascending order by date, of Salmonella-related pet food and pet treat recalls in the United States and Canada.

October 27, 2008: Mars Petcare US Issues Voluntary Recall of a Limited Number of Bags of Special Kitty® Gourmet Sold at Wal-Mart Locations in Fifteen States due to Potential Salmonella Contamination (USA)

2 comments:

This is almost enough to make me start making my own pet food! Although that would be very time consuming. I have hear that going the natural pet food, or "raw pet food" diet, is very beneficial to our four legged friends.